Lemmy as a social media discussion forum is about human attention. The economy of success on lemmy is curating a audience and having their attention both in terms of voting, but more importantly, in terms of discussions.
Competition between communities is healthy and good
- Better content
- Better curation
- Better community (welcoming, etc)
Trying to "boycott" or starve out other communities by making them "redundant" by burning out human attention on lemmy is bad for everyone
- Lemmy feels empty
- Repetition of content is wasting people's time
- Dividing the conversation drives people away
If you hate a community, make a better community, don't try to burn out everyone who likes the old community.
